Although Ska Mania isn't billed as the only ska album you'll ever need, it might as well be (as long as you steer clear of the Third Wave material, that is). There's an excellent balance between the original Jamaican sound and its later Two Tone offspring, with virtually every major artist represented, and even a stop along the way for a diversion into the Skinhead reggae of the late ‘60s with Symarip.

Photography : Tom Hill. Yet another Lynyrd Skynyrd compilation -- as if there weren't already plenty -- not that there are that many available anymore, since CDs go out of print so quickly now. First of all there is the sound.